posted Aug 5th, 2014 - The story of the national championships in Norway is usually the story of the annual DeLand Norgies reunion, bronze medal winners at the world meets in 1999, 2001 and 2003.

It happened once again last week, even though it was not the original lineup with Carl-Erik Tuv in the tail slot. Former Polaris member Sissel Maria Finnseth substituted for Carl-Erik Tuv last year and was back in the same slot at this year's national championships in Voss.

The DeLand Norgies had their comeback in 2007, after the last world meet attendance in 2003, and have not missed any of the national championships ever since. This year's reunion was over after five rounds, as the weather in Voss was not very supportive throughout the whole week.

Norwegian Nationals 2014		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	15,A,O,20	12,10,G	16,K,6	13,3,F	14,H,D,22	Total	Avg
1	DeLand Norgies	17	13	16	16	15	77	15.4
2	Fire Breathing Rubber Duckets	11	9	10	9	9	48	9.6
3	Voss Avanti	6	7	11	7	8	39	7.8
4	Sterb	8	8	10	5	7	38	7.6
Rank	A Class	G,F,7	K,9	8,19	E,J,M	A,C,4	Total	Avg
1	Kentucky Fried Penguins	14	12	9	34	14	83	16.6
2	Swingers	11	17	9	31	14	82	16.4
3	Solvrevane	6	4	5	10	4	29	5.8
4	Bumpers	4	5	2	6	3	20	4.0
5	HaGL Byga	3	5	1	3	3	15	3.0
6	Alien Brain Match	4	2	1	5	2	14	2.8
7	Team Frittfall	0	1	1	4	0	6	1.2

The Norgies members have competed with the original or a slightly different lineup in the AAA Class and missed the national title only in the 2007 comeback year and in 2009, when the new national 4-way team Arcteryx outscored the original lineup.

However, another very exciting part of Norway's national championships came with the reunion in 2009. The Norgies members also competed as player coaches with other selected Norwegian skydivers in the A Class. Every year, the A Class competition has been just as interesting as the DeLand Norgies reunion.

Especially two A Class teams have had their names consistently on the leaderboard: Kentucky Fried Penguins with Norgies member Pal Kolbenstvedt, and Swingers with Lise Nansen.

Norwegian Nationals 2014		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Total	Avg
Rank	A Class	G,F,7	K,9	8,19	E,J,M	A,C,4	-	-	Total	Avg
1	Kentucky Fried Penguins	14	12	9	34	14	-	-	83	16.6
2	Swingers	11	17	9	31	14	-	-	82	16.4
Norwegian Nationals 2013		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Total	Avg
Rank	A Class	F,H,8	N,7	C,G,19	P,L,O	4,M	-	-	Total	Avg
1	Kentucky Fried Penguins	17	15	15	17	12	-	-	76	15.2
3	Swingers	14	12	11	18	12	-	-	67	13.4
Norwegian Nationals 2012		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Total	Avg
Rank	A Class	O,J,19	Q,K,E	M,4	G,7	8,L	P,H,A	21,D	Total	Avg
1	Kentucky Fried Penguins	15	21	12	14	13	24	11	110	15.7
2	Swingers	11	16	13	13	10	20	13	96	13.7
Norwegian Nationals 2011		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Total	Avg
Rank	A Class	t.b.d.	t.b.d.	t.b.d.	t.b.d.	t.b.d.	t.b.d.	t.b.d.	Total	Avg
1	Swingers	11	13	14	10	20	13	13	94	13.4
2	Kentucky Fried Penguins	16	12	13	11	18	11	9	90	12.9

This internal Norgies competition began in 2011 when Lise Nansen guided her Swingers to the 1st place. Pal Kolbenstvedt with his Kentucky Fried Penguins had won the A Class championships in 2009 and 2010 before the Swingers were founded.

Pal Kolbenstvedt allowed his former front piece partner Lise Nansen only once to take the 1st place in the A Class and took back the top spot with his team in 2012, 2013 and last week. It was a horse race though and closer than ever before, a 1-point difference after five rounds.

Highlight of the A Class competition was the Super Sequence in Round 4, where Kentucky Fried Penguins turned the previous 2-point deficit into a 1-point lead with a new Norwegian record score in this category. Lise Nansen's Swingers posted an impressive 31-pointer, as well, but could not change the 2-point difference in Round 5. Both teams are now probably making recruiting plans for the 2015 lineups...